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L1TN2'LX NEIGHBOR.
You came to live near n
One bonst spring Ga
The next miasla y morning
a morning in May
I heard you a-gardening
Over the way.
But between, like Fate's battlement,
Grim rose the wall
And YOU were so litte,
And I was not tall
Should I shout? Would von answer?
What nafhe coald I call?
I hated the man
Who had )uilt the wall there.
I climbed with the aid
Of a venerable eohatr
A diminutive Romeo
Sealing your stair.
The ledge I laid over,
Ah, such a wee thing?
Like a restless white butterfly
Light on the wing;
Hair gold as the prinrose
That blossomed in spring.
Your rake dropped. your sun-hat slipped
Off you bright bead.
'Are you the boy next door?"
You solemnly sai.
I nodded, slid o'er the wall.
Radiant and red.
Oh, my wife, in Life's garden
We lnger to -dny ;
Mafny snows, inany b ay-blooms,
-1are kissed gold to grity
Since I woeed my wee neighbor
Over the way.
-K. Temple More, in Our Contfnent,
ABOUT SNAKES.
Pythons and Anacondas-Snakes' Eggs and
low They Are 1latohed-Rattlesnakes as
Food for Hlunan Stomacha--Adventures
With Reptiles.
There was brought to the Star ollice
by Mr. G. 0. Starr yesterday an enorm
Ous egg. It was twice the size of a
goose-egg, but was not as regular in
shape. The outer coverinr, instead of
being hard and brittle 'like a shell, was
so soft that it could be easily indented
by the finger. This singular egg was
cold and clanmy to the touch, and it
gave a person who handled it an un
comfortable feeling like that which
would result from contact with a snake,
toad or frog.
"This egg," said Mr. Starr, "was
laid by the three-hiundred-pound python
which was brought to this city by Mr.
G. B. Bunno1 a few days ago. The
python is sitting upon a nest full of such
eggs, and in a shourt time a lot of little
snakes will be hatchlied out. They will
bo nice pets for people wio have an ad
miration forreptiles. The mothersnake
is twenty-five feet in length, nnd she is
coiled uipon her nest and patient lv await
ing the advent of her young. Ifer temn
per is just like that of a settin- hen.
She is very ugly, and if she is disturbed
she manifests her displeaure in a way
that gives all leddlers to understand
that she wishes to be let severely alon.'"
"What shall I do with this tling?'"
was the inuiry made by the repre;ent
ative of the S/ar, to whomu the python' s
egg was handed.
" You en n have it hatched a!rtiiial
ly"was theW repjly 06 the dlonor. ''Just,
keep it. ini en(ttoni ini at ph which is
neither too) warmi nor1 too cold. and thle
tirst thing you know you will bie the
owner of a real, live py3thoni. Theun if
you tauke proper care of thec younie
snake, it will grow so large that. it wil
be~ able to coil about you and crush ', 'iu
in its vice(-like folds.
Mr. WV. A. CIonkling, Superintendenut
of. the Central Park Menagerie, speak
ing of reptLiles, said: "' There is scarcely
any' anflImal that commanlUds so much
aversion as thet serpenit, and yet, ink spite
of this, it is one of the most interesting
of all thlat. come1 before the naturalist.
Yet little aitte'ntion has beein paid to
the snake, as comipared~ toP others
of the aninmal kingdom. Thme anlcienlt
wvriters speak in nespeet fuil tonies of ser
pents of size anid poer Aristotle tells
of the immnense Ig~ A'lserpents, so
lar'ge that they pursued and upset sotme
of the voyager.' boats that visited that
oAast. '1'he story of the gigantic snake
that threw the army of Reg~uIus into dis
orde~r by killing andi devouring s'eieral
of his soldiers, andi squeezinig a few hin
dred to death in his folds, wvill be re
miembered. Regulus finally kildthe
mlonister by3 aid ol the enIgine's used to as
sail fortihied laIces. Thle skin of this py
thon was 120 feet in length, and for years
adorned one the temples of Rome.''
Mr. Conkling added: "' The story
that agakes cover their prey with saliva
is an error. Sir Robert 'er Porter says
the python (10es niot first cover Its prey
with saliva. T1he nmcous doe s not pour
out of thle glandis unmless theprey is large
and it is required to lubricate the jaws
and throat for the seemninoly disp~rop)or
tionate feast. Pythons w il cling by the
tail to sonme tree growing in the water,
and then iloat uponi the surface and wait
for animals that may comel to the water
to quench their thirst. '1 hey often feed
upon each other. In the Zoolonical
(ardens in London, one who had Iived
for years on friendly terms with a
brother nearly as large as himself, was
found 01n0 mlorninlg sole tenant of htis
den. As the cage was secure, the keep
er was puzzled to know how the serpent
had e'caped. At last it was discovered
that the remaining inmlate had swollen
remarkably durig the night, wvhen the
truth came out. lhut if you want a good
up and down snake story, let me intro
duce you to Prof. Hlutchings."
"Can I tell you anything about
snakes? I should say so," said the Rev.
Mr. Hutchinigs, lightning calculat or and
lecturer upon huninell's wonders. "' Sir!
I could tell you facts, sir-facts in rela
tion to the betrayer of our common
would overwhelm y ou with
amazement. I remember one in the
year 1864. I was at Gilbert's Museum,
Market, near Second, San Francisco.
Cal. Fifty In gold and all expenuses.
Those were glorious days; gold w ay u >,
and myself generally in a like comt I-.
tion. I noticed for several days a man
they oalled Reynolds hanging about the
place. He was, a man about fifty, no
taller than myself, gray 1ooks hminging
over his shoulders. A bent form like a
tree that had been brought up wrong.
Eyes with a far-away look. He had a
peculiar gliding motion, andl his feet,
muflled ini slippers, gav e forth no mlore
sound than the reptile. Shortly after 1
noticed the proprietor advertised for
snakes. One day a mountaineer came
in with a box pierced with ai--holes.
From the inside came a sound like unto
the rattle of musketry.
"What -er got, stranger?' said Rey
nolds, push ng through the crowd1.
"' Rattlers, said the mountaineer.
"' Let me take one,' said Reynoldls,
reaching for the box.
"'Betar look out; they bite, and
when they bite they kill.' was the reply.
If yet brought these in answer to
the advertisement them's my snakes,'
said Reynolds, as he plungedl his hand
Into the box.* In a second( he brought
forth a uix-foot rattlesnake, and holding
,.It betwena thumb and flngwrlooked at
it, '~ lav-away look in the eyes of
*yueteiman id iven wa to a
sparkling brillancy, efore
SaOwas powerless.
e '$*patit See the sun strike
-hey scarcely breathed. T felt my hair
rising; I might say, in New Haven tlang:
*We were paralyzed.' At all erents,
we were rooted to the spot as firmly a
the Pyrands are to Eypt's sand. In
an instant his hans were in the b >x,
and no less than twenty of these deadly
animals were dancing around him to
the icie of their rattles. The mount
aineer was pale as a sheet, and trembled
ps wit h t he agie. Baek went the snakes
'nto the box. Turning to the mount
aincer, Reynolds exclaimed: 'What's
the matter; are e vcold?' His voice
broke the spell; the mountaineer gave
one look, and then made for the <toor.
He never came for pay for those snakos."
Among the visitors to. see the enor
mous 300-pound python on exhibition
there was a native of Central America.
He told the attendant at thedoor that a
long residence in a warm climate had
made him perfectly familiar with rep
tiles and their habits. He acknowl
edged that the python in the museuma
was a wonderful serpent, but he said
he had seen many such in Guatemala.
A representative of the Star, who hap
pened to come along just then and
overheard the Central American's re
marks, asked him to relate some of his
experiences with snakes. The man was
a veteran of sixty-five or seventy years.
His face was bronzed, and his nair,
which he wore long, was as straight as
that of an Indian. He was full six feet
tall, and the lankness of his figure give
him a singular appearance. He told
the reporter that. his name was Senor
Jose Dece, that he was born in Mexico,
and left that country for Central Amer
ica when a young man. The Senor
was well educated, and is able to speak
in the English language with the same
fluency that he does in his native
tongue. He said:
"I have camped in swamps and
thickets, and slept with pythons and
anacondas crawling all about me. I
never thought of being afraid of them.
The stories'told in hooks of immense
snakes attacking large aninials and
men43i, coiling about theim and (ruishingv
and swallowing their prey, are for the
most part iexaggerations. ft is true
tilat small animals ar often killet amlt
swallowed whole bV alnac(ontas and
hon-coi.strictor-; but'it is safe to say
that no full-grown inan was ev'er made
R 1Ical of b Ia serpetii.
- Were yoI ever attickeld by a ser
pelit ?" the reporter asked.
"I never had one tack.le mie, but a
sailor with whom I was ac uailited had
a pretty severe expelrence. 110 was
iv' 'hing in a thicket oi one moonlight
night, twenty-five or th Iirty years ago,
iwen he sidbily found himself eneir
elet witj thie folds of a tr'tietendous
sniake. I s*ppos' he wVoild h:avq drawn
a knife froimi his po(i ket an1d cut he
reptle ini twVo, bUt . -lortiniatielv for
himt he did not happen to bare any cut
ting instrument with him at the time.
So all that was left for him to do was
to struggle antd free himself the best
way he could. ie miade' a desperate
ell'ort andi' loosened himself fronm what
wa~s a very close embrhtace. Once free,
he procu red a stiek amd pounded t he
anaconda upon its head until it was
dead. 'Wiere is a certain spot at the
base of a situike's head which, if struck
event a slight blow, wvill cause deathi.'
"' Is an anacojla good for human
food ?"
"Nowv, t lhat is a question which is very
hard to answer, it may he wholesome,
but1 1 thin~k it weskl he pretty- toug~h
eatinig for any human being who ha~s an
ordimary set of teothi and the average
dliget.tion. I think I w ould preler good
be'efsteaik or a ttendh-r'oin if I wanted a
good somi~re' mieal.'
"' Is any kind of snake. suitable for'
"O, yes rattlesnakes are delicious.
andi wiIUIE-.rime. I hare b.en ini (ouni
urt- here t hey formjed! a large share
o: ht' reguiar ie t of the inhiabitants.'
" 'To what counitries (1o You refer?"
"Well, sr, the people of Brazil and
C hili eat rattle nakes: but vou needl not
go so far away fronm New York to find
serpet-t eaters. The folks down in the
northern part of the State of Pennsyi
Vania cat rattle'snakes. T1he serpents
in that State aire par'ticularly plump,
and Ceeedfingly in~vitng to the palate
of anI epicure. A ccordinig to the orthi(
dox mnethodl, the rattler is skinned and
cut up inito pieces about an inch or an
inch and a half long, andl thien fried the
same as you would cook an eel. I have
eaten rattlers lots of times. They tatst.e
something like eels, only a great deal
sweeter. I prefer rattlesnakes to frogs
any (lay in the week. Frogsa are in
sipid."
"Did you ever see a pyramidl of
snakes?"
"If you mean one of those conical
p~iles of reptiles, such as Livingston sawv
in Africa, I will tell you that I never
saw a py ramidi; but 1 have seen a hieap~
or big <nots of serpenits all twisted andL
entertwined in a wriggliing, squiring,
slimyn, Iing (unc. * was exploring~
a caveo mi Sa ut h .merien ai few yen rs
ao, wihen I camne to ' pa ssage that was
so low andt na~rrow th:oi I waszom teiplled
to get down aind crawl uphon my 1 ntds
and(1 knec. I hiad to hol ur torch in
myehi, onl. as 1 couild u:.timanao-e
aind my onily alternati'e was to grope
along mn darkness. Suddenly I felt
so miethling col antd sliimy ag'ain-t. my
handls. I knew from the feeling that' I
htaid touched a s'mwuke. Tlhen ii blinmdly
piut. my hands forwsrd and thrust themn
into a nest of serp~enit. You enn he
lieve thiat I got ouit of that place as5
speedtlil* as possible." N. 1. .Star.
A Cat Story.
A man now living in Kingston emi
grated to the West many years ago, and~
bought a house which hahI stood unocen
pied for a considerable time. The first
night he heard sounds which coninied
him that there 'were ratls in the cellar,
and on investigation he found thant hun-m
dreds of the creatures were disporting
themselves there. Having eatent a qumar
ter of beef down to the honem, thev were
playing tag among the shielves and'hoxes.
He offered to inltroduce the family eat,
but she declined to he presented. T he
next day she was missing, and tile fam
ily thought they had lost her; but on the
fourth day a familiar "meow" was heard,
and themo was tabby at the head of a col
umn of three dozeuR cata in light march.
in~g order, their backs uip and their tails
rampant. Tna front door was opened
and the detachment mioved down the
cellar stairs in good order, The niext
-morning a flonr barrel full of dead rat~s
was buried behind the house, and the
oats returned to their homes. --New York
IWI'une.
.in a valiant msaferin g for others, not
ini a slothful making others suffer for us,
did nobleness everlie. The chief of men
in ho who atanda in tha vaan af mon
its,44i. lai city 'and-,ontry le
mehtr Ong and loud because boys are
somewhat inclined to leave the farm
where they were raised. They think
this disposition to forsake rural for
urban life Is certain evidence of depray.
ity. They believe, or affect to believe,
that boys forsake the farm and fee to
the city in order to escape toil and lead
an easy life. They see virtue behind
and vice in the future. They think the
boys who go to a great city are sure to
plunge into dissipation, recklessness
and folly. They have convinced them
selves that people make money and ob
tain position in a city by fraud, cheat.
Ing, and sharp practices, but that they
better their condition in the country
only by acquiring habits of industry,
frugality, and honesty. Now, human
nature is about the same in the brick
walled streets of a great city or in the
green fields by the winding lanes in the
country. Virtue and vice, honesty and
dishonesty, industry and idleness are to
be found everywhere that man exists.
It is all a mistake that a great majority
of the people in a large city do not have
to work hard for a living. More people
work themselves into the hospital or the
grave in a large city than anywhere
else. A much larger number of men
broken down by hard work in middle
life can be found in cities than in the
country. The people in the middle or
lower walks of life in a great city are
obliged to subject themselves to a rigid
course ol self-denial all the time. There
is always something to see, hear or taste
that they can not have. A boy who goes
from the city to the country is ordinarily
obliged to work hard to gain a living,
and to conduct himself with great pro
priety in order to acquire a reputation
and gain advancement.
It is wise and well to encourage the
disposition of boys to remain in the
country and to live on farms, provided
they have the taste for agricultural pur
suits and the proper physical and mnci
tal requirements for such occupations.
The pleasures of country life have been
sung by all tho poets from David to
Longfellow. Novelists have never tired
of describing the fine characters they
have found in the country. The city
painter betakes himself to the tree-cov
ered hills, the grassy fields, the singing
brooks, and the bird-haunted groves
when he wishes to portray what Is
beautiful. Statistics show that vastly
more people live In their own houses in
the country than in the city. In an ag
ricultural community nearly every man
is engaged In indep endent oceupation,
while the reverse is true in any of our
large cities. Besides, failures among
farmers are very rare, and hardly ever
occur unless they are the resuits of
speculations. People in the conutry
are measurably free from the horrors of
contagious dliseases and from great cal
amities resulting from fires, floods, and
the general stagnaition of business which
is often attended by strikes and riots.
Life and property are miore secure in
country than in city. No matter whether
stocks are rising or falling, whether
rents are high or low, whether currency
is scarce or plenty, the man who owns
the farm he tends will generally raise
enough to supply the wants of his fami
ly and to meet the demands of the tax
gatherer. in time of calamity peopleo
m cities edivy the lot of those in the
country. When the "heatedl term"
comes on, the owners of fine hous'es in
the city are la:d to forsake them for
the pleasure . afforded by a modest cot
tage in the country. Nearly every man
who toils to get~ ri ch in a cit~y looks for
ward to the (lay when he can own a
home in the country.
It does nmot follow, howvever, that all
boys who are raised on farmis should ire.
main there. Many boys were never
"cut out" for farmers, and no amount
of work in the make-up will over make
good farmers out of them. They are
better at iruring than at fencing; bet
ter at guidmng a steamboat than a p low ;
better at selling than producing; bet ter
at handling dry goods than stowing
away hay They may be awkwvard at
any kind of farm work, but they may be
jw" hanv at many occupations in a
aopo aetory. Mnt~ysa tan on a
farm and afterward succeed in a city.
They have ability, but it is not of t he
kind required to build a fence, plow a
furrow, shape a hay-stack, break colts,
or sow clover-seed. They are out of
place on a farm and do not earn enougni
to support them. It would be better to
give them a trial somewhere else. TIhe
boy who fails in raising grain may make
a fortune iln handling it. The country
is quite too wvell sup~plied with farmers
who are not adapted to the business in
which they are engagedt. Thecy set h~ad
bxamples, and injure tihe land they
should imoprove. Trhey introduce no
improvements, but followv the worst
kinds of practices. They raise poor
crops, keep poor stock, and sulpport
poor fences. Everything they keep
runs down on their hands. Quite likely
they were encouraged "to stick to the
farm" in early life, when it would have
been to the advantage of all concerned
had they been encouraged to followv the
bent of their own desire, to p)low~ the
waves instead of the fields, to feed a
locomotive instead of pigs, or to cut
shoe- teathter instead of grass.- Perh aps
some ford parents toilled to gain thenm
% rmis,Avhlen thiey would have done bwZ
ter had they provided them with kits or
tools, or given them the means to be.
come surveyors or coal-miners. It may
be pleasant for a farmer to settle his
sons aroundl him, but if they fail in the
business, he will be mortificdadpie
at~ the resm~t'. d-n1pie
Ml any boys leave farms because there is
little, fom' them to do on tieem.' The in
troduction of labor-saving machinery
has greatly reduced the amount of hand
wvork required on farms andl~ predaiced
in some sections a surplus of laborers.
Trhe owners of many quite small farms
have several boys who must engage in
some payimg Ooupation. Somel of these
boys would be ladl to obtain farms of
their own, but they have not thme mecans
to purchase themn. Farms can no long.
er be obtahied for the taking without
r'omng a long distance to obtain them.
Tcosts more to start in the business of
farming than it did a short tifme -ago.
Msaterials for building~s and iances cost
more, ana a larger amount or macmn
eiy is required. The price of stock
imreas~s every year, and the like is true
of all farm supplies. The sons of
farnmers tiud it dlitlcult to earn suthelent
mone~y by working for other farmers to
purchase and 14) cultivate on their own
aeccount. AMnst farmers hire help onuly
through the busy season. If a boy
wishes to earn money to buy a farm he
will he more likely to secure it hv work
ing at some occupation where he will
have constant employment. A boy's
prospects of success in farming will not
be likely to be impaired by his being en..
gaged in some other occupation for a
few years. The chances are that the
educoation he reeives in some other
kind of business will greatly benefit him
in his subseqmuenlf of a armr.- Ob
Slis niations whih4o not allow
themr got of doors. Man'y oth I
or$ preisr to- w6rk in ote canyj a
era to wrk inoctie because the
opportunities for mental Improvement
are better and the ayment for work Is
at stated times.- licago Vnes.
HUE AND FARM.
-A Georgia farmer Is reported to
have grown 144 pounds of tea on one
acre of land.
-Prof. Townsend says "the Jersey Is
the gentleman's cow, the Ayrshire the
poor man's cow, and the short-horn the
farmer's cow."
--Many young ladies are taking up
and occupying homesteads in Dakota.
Mr. Failor says there are fifteen or
twenty on claims near St. Lawrence.
-Fly Poison: Boil one-quarter of an
ounce of small chips of quassia in one
pint of water; add four ounces of mo.
lasses. Flies like It, and It will destroy
them.-PrairW Farmer.
-Soft Ginger Cake: One cup of mo
lasses, one-half cup of shortening, fill
the cup with hot water and a heaping
teaspoonful of soda, ginger, mix soft,
roll and mark In squares with a fluting.
Iron, cut the squares and bake.-The
Household.
-In selecting paints for out of door
work, the light colors should be pre
ferred In point of durability, though at
present fashion dictates the darker tints.
The dark colors absorb the sun's rays
and occasion earlier decay of the mate
rial painted.-Chicago Journal.
-Every successive year seems to Im.
prove the quality of California fruits,
and they are the wonder and admira
tion of the people. The large size does
not, as might be expected, impair qual
"ty or flavor, and this is especially true
of the huge pears.-N. Y. Mail.
-Work-baskets can be ornamented
In many pretty ways. Choose an open
work basket of some fanciful design; in
the bottom paste with mucilage a lining
of silk, or velvet, or satin, on which is
painted or embroidered a spray of flow
ers. Around the edge of this lining in
the bottom of the basket put a row of
plaited ribbon, and another at the too
also. It is not necessary to line the
sides, though this is a matter of choice.
These baskets make pretty gifts.-N. Y.
Post.
--Heef Pie: Cold roast beef, one
onion, tomato, pepper and salt, one
dozen boiled potatoes. Cut the cold
beef in thin sliee, and put a layer on
the bottom of your dish, shake a little
flour, popper and salt; cut up a tomato,
chopped fine, then add another layer
of beef and seasoning until your dish is
full; if you have any gravy put it in
have ready a dozen potatoes hoiled and
mashed with pepper and salt; spread
over the pie an inch thek ; bake twenty
five minutes or a little longer.-Denver
Tribune.
--Canned Pears: For the finer va
rioties, such as Bartlett or Seekel, pre
pare a syrup, allowing a pint of water
and a quarter-pound of sugar to a pint
of fruit. Drop each pear, after it is
pared, into a pan of clear water. When
the syrup has come to a fast boil, put
in the pears carefully, nhot to bruise
them, and boil them tdl they look clear
and can be easily pierced with a fork.
Have the cans rolled in hot water, pack
with the pears and fill to overflowing
with the scalding syrup, which must he
kept on the fire all the while, and seal.
Apples may be treated in the samen way.
TJhe Flathbeadt h'es..ation.
Fewt probably kn ow, unles4. thex- have
personlally I rareled over the 'northI
western port iuolOf our 'T :Titory,
thatt most of the regioni nowI cove;red by
the Fhltthead1 in lian reservat!ion--a
scope of count ry' complrisung 2,210
sqiuare mniles, oJr 2, 4:i;',001 at. *~is pos
sesS.,t oif the miost fertile soil to be0
foumd v~n.. whsere in Mont ana. Lvyng
betwteeni the for; y-eig hthI ami fort
nint h piarallels of lat it ude, andi s t ret eh
mrg away west fromt the foot (of the
main ra1ng of the Rockies,~ the vallirs
and rolling prire of the res '. e have
an average altitude of bet ween 3,000
andl~ 3, 100 feet., be ingr 1 .4 i feet
nearer sea level thban thle a:tLcuhlt
ural lands in the vicinity of I Hel
na. In conse iuence of ths favor
able depression in the face of lhe (coun
try, the climate is much walrmner thaun
in other sections of the Territorwv, aLnd
the giant mountlain ags ywic h
local~ity is surroundled onY al iei sthil
further conduce to temper t he severity
of cold seasons by breaking the force of
the blizzards which swecep over the ex
tensive plains lying to the northI and
east. Thie country is splendidly watered
throughout its ont ir-e length and breadth,
and there are hut few and v'ery small
portions of arable land that. wien the
reservation is thrown open to settle
ment, cannot be irrigated at littl'e ex..
p ense for 'onstructing dlitches. Magnif
icent forosts of fir, spruce, cedlar, hemi
lock, tamarac andl~ redl andit Iie pine,
clothe the suirro)un-ling mnountains from
summit to base, and in some in tances
spread faur out over the vallei s, while
other than the evergreen trees o. varie
ties not found in any other pcr( iuo f
Montana, st rugrgle with the cottonwood,
birch, eherry, aspen and& hanw for firm
rooting along the banks of flhe inuner
ous streams. '[le Ilora of the re;.io n is
marvelous im the muult'plicit y of species,
and in the huxur'iant, eveni tropical p o
fusion of the dlifferent lantuts, showijnr a
a vegetation one would soonier ex p)oe(t
to tmd' in the glaudes of Florlda ihan
along the himnks of mountain brook, in
blOnt anah.-lEna (,jlontenm ) lb raird.
HENuon asks rrofssor .a very pro
found iguestion. P'rofessor' Mr. '
a fool can ausk a (inestion that ten wise
men could1( not ans wer." Sonuic e. --"' Then
Si suppose that's why 80 manny of us3
flunk."
VASTr merit is inherent in St. Jacobs
Oil, and we heartily recommnend it to
our readers.--Ch4icago (lt.) JWtern
C~athoio.
-The wi1U on the late :n JIones, an
English n. ',naire, who has lefi an
enormous ar t-treasumre to t he nation for
exhlii'tionu at South K{ensi Iion~h Muse
um, contain manyv sin'gru'aritis
A mngof erlegaces' r bi"nts to
evere one of thr' rooks vect living who
ever servedl him. Hie allo leav'es a leg
acy " to the gre. n ;rrocer who helped
nmy servanut to wait at table.'"
THU New York Evening Telegr'am -
says : Tony Pastor was cured of rhen
mnatio pains by 8t. Jacobs Oil. He
praises its effieacy.
-Says the Philadelphia North Anmeri
Can: " Andrew Harston died at Easton,0
Pa.,recently, aged ninety years. 'He had
never seen a city, nior a steataboat. nori
-The p~npouslawyr, W puPosed
libolf tibe very earcastle, said to the
Leeper of an aple atnd: "It seems to
me that you shW *d uit this business and
to at somethin which is not so wear
rig on- the brain." "Oh, 'taint busi
tess," said the apple seller, "It is ly
.ng awake nights trying to deolde
ovhether to leave my fortune to an or
han asylum or to a home for played
)ut lawyers as is killing me.--/dciaqo
W'es.
Our Progsrea.
As stages are quickly abandoned witk
:he completion of railroads, so the hugh,
Irastic, cathartic pills, composed of crude
mnd hulkv medicines, are quickly aban
loned with the introduction of Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets." which are
mgar-coated, and little larger than mus
%rd seeds, but composed of highly con
3entrated vegetable extracts. By druggists.
-It was te German physiologist,
loirman, who summarized the means of
*eaching great age as follows: "Avoid
xcess in everything; respect old habits.
won bad ones; breathe pure air; adapt
rour food to your temperament; shun ,
nedicines and doctors; keep a quiet 1
:onscience, a gay heart, a contented
- Tennyson's "May Queen."
Who knows that if the beautiful girl
who died so young had been blessed with
Dr. Pierces's " Favorite Prescription " she
might have reigned on many another
bright May-day. The " Favorite Pre
scriptibn " is a certain cure for all those
disorders to which females are liable. By
druggists.
-The total cost of the life-saving
qervice last season was $380,000, antd
hic amnoint (if prol)crty saved on the
Jersoy coast alone was $3-30,822. Nearly
200 lives were saved on the samo coast.
Vesel owners maintain that on the At
latitic co.'st- the stations should be open
the year round, instead of from Septem
ber to May, as now.--Detroit Po3t.
IF the blood be impoverished, as iani
fested by pimples, eruptions, ulcers, or run
ning sores, scrofulous tumors, swellings or
general debility, take Dr. R. V. Pierce's
" Golden Medical Discovery." Sold by
druggists.
-There is an impression abroad
among electricians, bot h of the theoreti
cal and practical side of the house, that
in the near future there is much more to
be gained in turning to the best account
past discoveries than in tr ing to make
new ones.--Chicaoo Journia .
After All Else Failed.
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 23, 1881.
II. 1H. WAUNER & Co.: Sirs-I exhausted
all other remedies for kidney and liver
diseaes, only to find complete cure in your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
8. CnAMBERLAIN.
--It is sai~t of a great many persons
whoE have no exter-ior excellence to boast
of that thley are possessedI of much in
wvard beauty. If kindly nature would
so( rearr-angeo her laws that such people
could1( be turned wrong side out life
would be more nearly wvorth living.
N. Y. Ik rald.
I-r has~ wonderful power on bowels, livem
and kidneys! What? Kidney-Wort.
-Deeline of Ma.
Nervouis Weakness, Dyspe psia, Impotence,
Sexual Debilhty, cured by " Wells' Health Reo
new:r." $1. J)ruggists. Send for pamphlet
u> E. 8. WELLS, Jersey City, N. .
-The New Orleans Picayune believes
in the old-fashioned mother and her
herbs and roots for any case of ailment
Less than a broken neck.
That Musiband of Minec
Is three times the man he was before he began
nlsinig Wells' Health Renewer. *1. Druggists.
Send for pamphlet to E. 8. WELLS, Jersey City,
N. J.
---The Americaun Co)nul at l)resden
jas taugrht a rstauan~t cook how to
.rl'0 st eauks andiui ehn.
MENSMAN's peptonized beef tonic, the only
>reparation of beef containing its entire nutri
ious properties. It contains blood-making,
orce generating anda life-sustaining properties ;
nvaluable for indigestion, dympepsia, nervous
>rostration, and all forms of general debility;
iso, in all enfeebled conditions, whether tbe
e.ault of exhaastion, nervous prostration, over
rork r r acute disease, particulanl if resulting
rom : :lmonary complaints. Canwell, Hazard
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Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted
Feet and Ears, and all other
Pains and Aches.
No Preparation on earth egnals St. Jxentis Ort,
a afue, sure, aI,,ple a:,,i cheap External
imedyt A trial entails but thec onparatively
thn~g outlay of iO Cents, iari every oner muffering
ilpamn can huavo, ceap and positive proof of it.
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OSTEXTER.
That terrible scourge, fiver and ague, qd Uts togener,
>llouis remittent, besides alctions Of the stomach, liver
Aid bowels, produced by miumatlo ar and water, are
>oth eradicated and prevented by the ' 00 of Hostetter's
tomach Bitters, a purely vegetable elixir, lndorsed by
)hylclaiias, and more extensively used &&a remedy fot the
bove class of disordors, as well ma for many others, than
ny medisine of the age.
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generally.
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For Wcihing Scel COttOR at thio,0
Will more than pay fol itsell in one
Scason. Dlont be h11lU)Ihumged by the
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are offered at aniy Price; they are of
no us~e and you will be better off without
a Scale.
Write to us for Prices and one of our
Rooks giving Testimonials. D~on't buy
utll you have hcard from us, or seen
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Positivlyr predily nri prmnn etiiro~ l
no form of Opinm. TPrnt h linvites linvesig atione.
Rlef(erenc(-s best in thie State. Foer termse, paeinphe
lets and( proofs, adidress,
W. C. RELLAMY, M. Is.,
Pas on's Puregj yie Pilla. ma o New t
Blood, and will coenplete~ly chiango the blood in the
entire .4ystemn in three meontehs. Any person who
wIll t ake one jill e'ache ncght from 1 to 12 weeks inay be
restored to so 'cnrd hecall b. If michl a thelme he. posilo.
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pove~rishied condItIon of the~ blood, this peecrless remn
a 5SEs8 theat haeve hari ll soe of our mnostI ceminent p)1
v~ble' remedy. I rer'ie' hrIt in prefer'meEn oi ny' 1r
as 11lr. HIAR&TFR' itoN TCoNiC 18 al eeeUSI~ lty I
It g tvra coortoistJ1e blood,
natu~ral he'ithful tone to
thEe dlgenrtiva org/ans and
Debit Ii,, oss of Appr
tite, 1IPtration of 'ita?)
Pweers and impotence.
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